Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Australia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Australia: Shell to shut down Prelude LNG project because of industrial dispute
Shell is temporarily suspending operations at its Prelude facility off the Australian coast over demands for huge pay rises by FLNG workers …
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Australia: Victorian employers allowed to collect COVID-19 vaccination information
Employers in Victoria are now allowed to collect COVID-19 vaccination information from employees …
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Australia: Tax agency posts 2022-23 individual income tax rates, thresholds
The Australian Taxation Office has just posted online 2022-23 individual income tax rates and thresholds for residents, foreign residents and holiday visa workers …
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Australia: Workforce Australia – the new employment service
The Workforce Australia Online (WAO) portal has replaced the JobActive website as Australia’s official job advertisement service …
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Australia: Minimum wages increase from 1 July 2022
Changes to minimum wage rates amount to A$40 (US$27 …
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Australia: Tax agency updates guide explaining work-related expense deductions for employees
A guide explaining work-related expense deduction rules for employees has just been updated by the Tax Office …
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Australia: Long-term decline in Enterprise Agreements (EAs)
The new Labour government is seeking to promote enterprise agreements to supplement modern awards, but this is likely to do little to reverse the current trend …
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Australia: NSW grant program offering $5,000 to eligible women looking to return to the workforce
Eligible women in New South Wales who are experiencing barriers to re-entering the workforce may apply for grants to assist them …
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Australia: New duties for high risk crystalline silica work in force
Victorian employers are being reminded there are new obligations in place to help protect workers from exposure to deadly crystalline silica dust …
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Australia: Reforms to employee share schemes from October 2022
From 1st October 2022, Employee Share Schemes (ESS) will generally be easier to launch …
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Australia: Terminating an employee for excessive phone usage during work hours
An employee may be dismissed if they use a substantial amount of work time to tend to personal matters …
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Australia: Unilateral unpaid leave
Employers had no right to unilaterally place an employee on indefinite leave without pay …
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Australia: May a company fire a worker for incorrect use of a face mask?
An employee in an elderly care institution was summarily dismissed from her employment after lowering her face mask to communicate with residents who were “hard of hearing” …
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Australia: Appeal reversal – Repeated turning caused spinal injury in racecourse manager
An employer may breach their duty of care by necessitating that an employee repetitively turn their head when operating machinery …
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Australia: Proposed 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave
A provisional view issued by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) is that employers should provide 10 days of paid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave …
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